This Sick Wiley Shirt Is Pen & Pixel Meets Grime

Grime Tees gives UK stars an iconic design treatment.

Last week, Skepta shared an Instagram photo of a new Wiley shirt with the caption "Icon Status. @grimetees." The shirt, produced by a London company called Grime Tees, situates the Godfather of grime within a style directly reminiscent of the iconic hip-hop cover art from Houston design firm Pen & Pixel. It's the only design in their store so far, but we're excited to see where things go.

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Grime Tees are keeping things close to the chest for now – they declined to answer specific questions about who they are and their plans for future designs – but they copped to the Pen & Pixel influence without hesitation. "Pen & Pixel designs and '90s rap merch are very O.G. things that we've grown up with, as well as grime and garage," the company told The FADER over email. "We thought something that pays homage to grime in that '90s style would be hard."